teren

Dutch (Brabantic)

/ˈteːrə(n)/

verb
Definitions
  • (intransitive) to eat or drink what is necessary to survive
  • (intransitive) to live, survive by consumption
  • (intransitive) to rot, to decompose, to waste away
  • (intransitive) to be digested

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch tēren (destroy, use) inherited from Old Dutch *terien inherited from Proto-Germanic *tarjaną root from Proto-Indo-European *der- (tear, split, tear apart, flay, crack, cleave, separate, shatter, rive, pluck, splitVerb).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*der-

Gloss

tear, split, tear apart, flay, crack, cleave, separate, shatter, rive, pluck, splitVerb

Concept
Semantic Field

Emotions and values

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

泪, 涙

Emoji
🤣 💧 😂 😢 😭 😹 😿 🥲

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